‘The Ritual’ (2025) movie review: Al Pacino and Dan Stevens do The Exorcist by way of The Office
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There are milestones in an actor's career that are worth ticking off: which actor wouldn't want to play Romeo, say, or portray one or two of history's greatest figures? In recent years, another unexpected, even surprising, element has been added to this fictional list: aging Oscar winners turning to exorcism. In recent years, Russell Crowe has perfected this: first he went into crucifix-wielding combat in The Exorcist, and a year and a half late…
Gary Dauberman's box is going to release a movie somewhere between the Exorcist and... Snakes on the plane. At least, it's the only comparison that comes in mind when reading the pitch. Despite his unflattering resume, which includes the scenarios of Annabelle, of the two That, of the two La Nonne and of Until Dawn, as well as [...]
‘The Ritual’ (2025) movie review: Al Pacino and Dan Stevens do The Exorcist by way of The Office
NOW STREAMING ON: If you ever wondered how The Exorcist might play if it had been filmed by the creative team behind The Office, you can find out in The Ritual, opening in Prague cinemas this weekend after bowing stateside last month. This rote retread of events covered in dozens, perhaps hundreds, of previous exorcism films benefits from the mere presence of Al Pacino in a central role but fails to bring anything new to the genre outside of an…
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